Jeannette III
Artist
Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
CultureFrench
Date1911
MediumCast bronze
Dimensions24 x 10 x 13 in. (61 x 25.4 x 33 cm)
InscribedInitialed and numbered on the base: HM 8/10
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.516
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 219
Label TextHenri Matisse French, 1869–1954 Jeannette III, 1911 Bronze Between 1910 and 1913, Henri Matisse created a series of five bronze portrait busts of a young model. The first two works in the series are fairly straightforward (see illustration), but Jeannette III is different. Here, the artist ceased working from direct observation. Instead, he deliberately experimented with his model’s appearance, exaggerating her features and incorporating references to African sculpture. As the critic Emile Zola noted, we are looking at the visible world filtered through a temperament. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.516 ProvenanceMarguerite Duthit, Paris, (daughter of the artist); Victor Waddington, London, by 1969; Jeffrey Loria, 1969; Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Second Post-Impresionist Exhibition," London, England, late 1912. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, France, 1913. "Matisse," Montross Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1915. "Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Sculpture," Victor Waddington Gallery, London, England, June 12- July 12, 1969. "Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, Tenn., June 12 - Sept. 5, 1977. (Exh. cat. no. 50). "Inside 291," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., April 27 - June 17, 1984. "Medardo Rosso," Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (MART), Italy, May 14 - August 22, 2004; Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino (GAM), Italy, September 9 - November 28, 2004. "Writer's Eye 2013," The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, August 27 - November 22, 2013.Published ReferencesAlfred H. Barr, Jr., _Matisse, His Art and His Public_, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., 1951, 140-142, 368-371. _Henri Matisse - Das plastische Werk Samtliche Plastiken des Meisters sowie Zeichnungen, Graphik, und Collagen als Leihgaben der Sammlung Arenberg, Stockholm, der Familie des Künstlers, und aus Schweizer Privatbesitz_, exh. cat., Kunsthaus Zürich, Germany, 1959, 19, plate 45. Herbert Read, _Henri Matisse Retrospective 1966_, exh. cat., University of California, Los Angeles, organized by the UCLA Council and the UCLA Art Galleries, 1966, 23-24, 132-133. _Six Sculptures by Henri Matisse_, exh. cat., Frank Perls, art dealer, Beverly Hills, Calif., 1968, n.p. William Tucker, _Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Sculpture_, exh. cat., Victor Waddington Gallery, London, England, 1969, no. 11. Alicia Legg, _The Sculpture of Matisse_, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., 1972, 31-32. Eric M. Zafran. "New Galleries devoted to French Art," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_ 5, no. 12 (December 1976): n.p. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya, _Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._, exh. cat., Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, Tn., 1977, no. 50. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_ (Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1991), 173, no. 131. Luciano Caramel, _Medardo Rosso: Le origini della scultura moderna_, exh. cat., Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy, 2004, 224, no. 77.
